Bank account linking will help members to remotely manage accounts and for claim settlements.

Online submission of claims and settlements was possible in case of Aadhaar-seeded UAN holders.

Kolkata: The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Friday said it will be able to eliminate multiple account numbers of an individual once the process of seeding Aadhaar is complete. Speaking on the sidelines of a seminar on provident fund organised by ICC, Regional PF Commissioner Navendu Rai said there were 26 lakh regular contributing members in West Bengal at present, but the number of PF accounts issued from the state was about 70 lakhs. The online submission of claims and settlements was also possible.

"Aadhaar seeding and bank account linking will help do away with multiple provident fund accounts, once merger of accounts happens with the help of Aadhaar seeding," Additional Central PF Commissioner S B Sinha told PTI.

He said bank account linking will help members to remotely manage accounts and for claim settlements.

"On an average, one person has three PF accounts (in West Bengal) due to change in employment," he said.

He said online submission of claims and settlements was possible in case of Aadhaar-seeded UAN holders.

"Employees will not require transferring their PF account to the new employer as with Aadhaar-seeded UAN numbers, transfer will happen automatically and seamlessly without any intervention of the member," Rai said.